Trustees Fight County Unit Education Bill in Indiana
Indiana township trustees plan a convention to oppose the county unit education bill. They aim to keep local control of township schools and lobby against the measure, with speeches by state officials and a closed business session.
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Indianapolis
Sesson
Indiana General Assembly
Indiana Township Trustees’ Association
A. D. Swope
Lebanon
Dain
Lawrence J. Orr
Board of Accounts
Newmar Miller
W. HH. Tiehhorn
Jude
Wells County Circuit Court
Swope
Eichhorn
Ed Jackson
TH. Noble Sherwood
2. M. Smith
Woman slain daughter then killed self in Chicago grief
Mrs Frances McRoy 27 obtained her husband's pistol at a card party in a hotel and shot her 5 year old daughter crippled by infantile paralysis before killing herself. Police say the party may have been a ruse to hide her plan.
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Chicago
Frances McRoy
Siclcn
LINDON BOY EARNS FRESHMAN INSIGNIA AT PURDUE
Lafayette Indiana Deg 12 D G O'Brien of Linton is awarded Purdue freshmen varsity insignia for standout play this season. He proved a valuable member of the yearling squad and is seen as a future varsity standout with more experience. Competition for the award was keen this year.
Important Hard Surface Road Petition to Boost Local Link
A petition seeks a new concrete or asphalt road forming an east west link from H and Fifth to Goosepond road, continuing state road No 9. The plan includes a hearing by county commissioners in Bloomfield on Tuesday January 4 and urges residents to attend and support the project.
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Fifth Streets
Fifth Street
West Corporation
Second Street
Singis Central Railroad
Vandalia
Lower Main
Linton Road
Bloomfield
Despondent Out Of Work Plumber Takes Fatal Carbolic Acid
Vincennes December report says William M. Edwards a 55 year old plumber died after drinking carbolic acid in his room at the Bowers Apartments 217 North Third Street He despondently faced unemployment while a prospective employer sought his labor The only brother Jerry Edwards of Cleveland Ohio will arrange funeral after the coroner was notified Edwards died minutes after a call from Dr Eugene Bowers who found him unconscious
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Vincennes
William M. Edwards
Bowers Apartments
North ‘Third Street
Edwards
Jerry Edwards
Cleveland
Tugene Bowers
Magnus Johnson to contest election of G O P opponent
Senator Magnus Johnson of Minnesota will file a protest against the election of Republican Thomas Schall, alleging fraudulent fund-raising methods. Johnson claims Schall forced an average of 500 dollars from supporters who were promised immunity from criminal prosecution.
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International News
Lionvick
Washington
Magnus Johnson
Farmer-Labor
Minnesota
Thomas Sehall
Thera
Johnson
Schall
French Aviator Breaks Speed Record at Istres
Adjt Bonnet of France set a new world one kilometer airspeed record at Bas Istres airdrome near Marseilles with an average 449 kph. The previous record of 429.025 kph was held by US Navy Lieut A J Williams.
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Marseilles
France
Adjt. Bonnet
Bas Istres
Lieut. A. J. Williams
United States Navy
Glenn Young Denies County Grand Jury Indictment
Glenn Young says Harrishburg judge misstated the case and that three grand jurors including the foreman told him no indictment had been returned by the Pope County grand jury. He and about twenty five others in Golconda inspected the document, which lists only John Frothingham and Harold C. Steyer. He notes a federal indictment in East St. Louis for impersonating a government officer is driven by United States Attorney W. O. Potter's hostility.
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John Frothingham
Harold C. Steyer
Young
Federal Grand Jury
East St. Louis
United States
W. O. Potter
Kid McCoy Heroic Act Amid Murder Trial
Kid McCoy, on trial for the murder of his sweetheart Teresa Mars, saved a fellow prisoner by cutting down George Waterman who had hanged himself with suspenders. The incident occurred as authorities reported possible death by his own actions.
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International News Service
Los Angeles
Kid McCoy
Teresa Mars
McCoy
George Waterman
Coolidge seeks Senate delay on postal pay bill
President Coolidge took charge to block a Senate vote on the postal pay increase. He summoned about a dozen Republican senators to press for delaying action until Postmaster General Newman can draft a new bill expected to add 68 million dollars in postal revenue to offset the raises for postal workers.
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International News
Shevice
Washington
Cooslidee
Senate
Newman
Magnitude of American Financial Operations Abroad
The Federal Reserve Board announced that foreign countries borrowed 1.1 billion dollars from American bankers during the first eleven months of 1924. This shows the scale of U S international lending activity and reflects postwar financial flows.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Bankers Set $500 Bounties for Bank Robbers
Kane county Bankers federation approves a $10,000 fund to pay $500 for every bank robber killed. Vigilante squads will be armed and deputized as special policemen in each town hosting a member bank.
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Chicago
Kane County
Bankers’ Federation
Elgin
Gompers Not Dead But Condition Is Critical
Samuel Gompers, labor federation leader, is reported rapidly improving as a train carrying him speeds toward the U S border. Earlier messages described his grave lung ailment in Mexico City and relief from lower altitudes aiding his condition.
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Sam Gompers
F. Avevino
Mexico Central Railway Lines
United States
Gompers
Mexico City
British Lion's Tail 15 Twisted by Hughes War Claim Issue
The American note to Great Britain asserts the right to participate prorata with other nations in settling German relations and American claims. The dispatch is described as a vigorous exposition of U S rights, though expressed in friendly terms.
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Hughes
Linternationald Nutwss Sunrvices
Washington
Great Britain
Vast District of China Secedes to Join Soviets
Tamnoula in northern Mongolia, a vast district of the Chinese republic, secedes and joins the Soviet Union. The telegram to the central government cites the governor of Chinese Turkestan as the source.
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China
Teking
Tamnoula
Vise
Mongolia
Chinese Republic
Soviet Union
Chinese Turkestan
Berns Honored at Purdue University Freshman Varsity
LAFAYETTE Ind Dec 12 R Bernas of Linton was honored at Purdue University with the freshman varsity insignia for his play with the Pur sive freshmen varsity squad during the recently closed football season. Berns proved valuable on the yearling squad and shows promise with more experience to develop into a varsity player. Competition for the annual Berns deserves high commendation.
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Lafayette
Ind
D. G. O'Brien
Linton
Purdue University
Purdue
Iyvien
O'Brian
R. Bernas
Berns
Youth Sentenced to Reformatory for Fatal Stabbing
Albert Watson, youth linked to the July fatal stabbing of Casner Edwards near Lawrencepor assembly grounds, was sentenced to fourteen years in the Pendleton reformatory after an altercation over two girls.
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Bedford
Ind
Albert Watson
Casner Edwards
Lawrences Por
Pendleton Reformatory
London Fog Lifts After Sixty-Hour Pause for Prowlers
London awoke to daylight after England's sixty-hour fog finally lifted. The fog left London a haven for prowlers and looters during the long halt, as residents checked homes and streets in the first clear morning in three days.
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London Haven
Uinternational News Service
London
Eagland
Lower House Passes Agricultural Bill
The agricultural appropriations bill carrying 124 million dollars with 180 000 300 for road construction was passed by the House after under two days of debate. The measure exceeds last year’s by several million yet under the budget estimate. The fast passage paves the way for the naval appropriations bill next week as floor leaders target three supply bills before Christmas recess.
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Washington
House
Senate
Calvin Loses Dime but Not for Long
Washington reports a humorous note from Racine Wisconsin dated December 2 to President Coolidge claiming he dropped a dime behind the president during the 1920 campaign and the writer later found it when hungry. The letter says the writer now returns a dime after buying coffee and rolls.
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Calvin
Washington
White House
Coolidge
Racine
Wis
Cal
Gas Use Rising in Indiana Households
Indianapolis December 12 One third of Indiana residents use artificial gas according to Indiana Gas Association secretary RE Burke A survey finds 812 Hoosiers per 1000 use gas for cooking heating and lighting Tidianat ranks ninth in gas consumers nationwide Almost a million Indiana people are using artificial gas though natural gas serves smaller communities.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
RE. J. Burke
Indiana Gas Association
Mr. Burke
Million Dollar Estate Left by Senator Lodge
Probate court in Salim Massachusetts estimated the late Senator Henry Cabot Lodge's estate at about 1 000 000 dollars. The will leaves the bulk to his son John Ellerton Lodge and grandson Henry Cabot Lodge, with provision for his daughter Mrs Constance Williams.
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Salim, Mass
Dee
Henry Cabot Lodtre
John Ellerton Lodge
Henry Cabot Lodge
Constance Williams
Reverend Hight Records Love Letters in Murder Trial
Testimony from Methodist visitors to Rev Lawrence Hight claims he provided poison for Wilford Sweetin case while he and Elsie Sweetin face murder charges. Judge Kern allows Hight confession as evidence against him only, not against Elsie Sweetin. prosecutors publish two jail letters expressing love and hopes for court outcomes.
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Mt, Vernon
Elsie Sweetin
Lawrence Hight
Hight
Sowers
Mrs. Sweetin
Tha
Inl
J, GC
Kern
Lawrence M. Hight
Anna
Wilford Sweetin
Frank G. Thompson
Mellon Invited to Paris for January Financial Conferences
Paris reports Finance Minister Celementel said he sent a personal invitation to Secretary Mellon to attend the financial conferences in Paris. The invitation specifies January 6.
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Mellon
Paris
Linternational News Service
Celementel
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Rev. Hight
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L. M. HH
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L. M. Hight
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